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V. Pečeliūnas, director of medicine for the Santara clinics, spoke about this on Friday on LNK television. The doctor does not hide that the capital is already preparing for an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals.
“The Vilnius region is also distinguished by the fact that the growth in the number of cases is more moderate and not as fast. We have heard information from Klaipeda, we see that the number of cases and hospitalizations is increasing. We still do not have it in Vilnius , the number of hospitals is small and stable. This is likely to change in the next 1-2 weeks and the increase will probably begin, “said V. Pečeliūnas.
Vaccination, he said, also has a significant impact on the symptoms of an infected person.
“It seems that the biggest influence is if a person has been vaccinated, if they have received a full course of vaccination or a partial vaccination. The difference in symptoms is related to whether the person has been vaccinated and the level of immunization ”, explained the doctor.
V. Pečeliūnas pointed out that the risk of delta armaina coronavirus infection in unvaccinated people is significantly higher, and in vaccinated people, extremely low, and they also suffer from severe comorbidities.
Coronavirus at Klaipeda University Hospital
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“Of the 9 patients who are in the hospital, two have been vaccinated, but both have serious comorbidities, which we estimate may reduce the effectiveness of vaccination. We do not have a single person who does not have comorbidities ”, noted the doctor.
According to V. Pečeliūnas, the same situation exists in foreign countries.
Unvaccinated youth in hospitals
However, there are young people in most hospitals at the moment, said the doctor from the Santara Clinic.
“If a person is less than 50-60 years old, they have received a full course of vaccination, those people just don’t get to the hospital, they don’t get severely. If a person has comorbidities that affect the immune system or has not been vaccinated, young people are also admitted to the hospital. Most of our patients are between 30 and 40 years old and have not been vaccinated. That patient is currently the main one, “said V. Pečeliūnas.
Although children, according to the specialist, do not usually have severe forms of the disease, the virus spreads rapidly.
“Children get sick easily, they rarely need hospitalization, very rarely oxygen, but children support the spread of the pandemic, infect older people. There is evidence that children have contributed to the spread in society: grandparents, older people who come into contact with children become infected and can suffer. Vaccination provides good protection so that these people do not enter the hospital, “the doctor emphasized.
Therefore, according to V. Pečeliūnas, people should think not only of themselves, but also of others, and get vaccinated.
“People must take responsibility for their actions. If a month ago, two, could not be vaccinated by everyone, vaccines were lacking, now there are opportunities to vaccinate everyone. If we make the decision not to vaccinate, we should not expect additional benefits from society, procedures to protect them. Most people have the opportunity to be vaccinated, “the doctor emphasized.
According to him, the vaccines help protect against the alpha, beta and delta strains of the coronavirus. However, if the public continues to be slow to vaccinate, V. Pečeliūnas admitted that it may be necessary to speak again about the suspension of scheduled services in medical institutions.
“If the public does not continue to be vaccinated, it may unfortunately be necessary to restrict the provision of scheduled services due to the fact that hospitals will be full of people with severe COVID-19. Those people will need to receive services and the workload of institutions will increase by consequence, ”said the medical director of the Santara clinics.
The cost of resuscitation treatment is more than 10 thousand. euros
When asked to comment on the average prices for hospital resuscitation treatments, V. Pečeliūnas noted that they are extremely high.
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“The average cost of a case of complete resuscitation treatment exceeds 10,000 euros. We pay that price by paying taxes. Free medicine is a tax, it is a solidarity tax, but it is a lot of money.
Instead of developing services, buying innovative medical technologies, treating cancer or other serious diseases, we are spending that money on curative treatments, which could simply be prevented by vaccination, “said the doctor.
On average, according to V. Pečeliūnas, a person spends about 10 days in resuscitation, but several cases occur.
“It just came to our attention then. It can take a few minutes and everything ends badly, it can last several months and everything ends well or badly. It is very difficult to predict the duration of each case here. On average, people sleep in resuscitation for about 10 days and the experience is not enviable, ”added V. Pečeliūnas.
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